CVE-2016-6131

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash) via a cycle in the references of remembered mangled types.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6131
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-07T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-09T22:28:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696 Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6131
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6131
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:41:06 2017-02-07T15:59Z 2017-02-07T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:41:06 2017-02-09T22:28:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:41:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated